Digital Divide: “Obama Program to Connect Public Housing Residents to Web”

UPDATED July 16 Full Text of President Obama’s Speech at Launch of ConnectHome Initiative
We’ve embedded a video of the speech at the bottom of this post.
From The New York Times:

The Obama administration announced on Wednesday a program to connect thousands of public housing residents across the nation to the Internet at low prices or free. The sweeping effort is aimed at catching up the many low-income Americans who have been left behind in an increasingly technology-driven nation.
Over all, 275,000 households, including 200,000 children, will be eligible for free Internet connections or, in some areas, broadband hookups that cost as little as $9.95 a month.

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Note: The NY Times article linked above includes a mention of a new report on the digital divide by the White House Council of Economic Advisers. You can access  the full text report here. We’ve also embedded the full text below.

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